Chapter 2, Past Life and Present Life

"I found it, but before that, can the archbishop answer me a question?"

"……Please say."

"Mr. Belt, what's going on?"

The voice inside the bracelet was silent for a while, and then the majestic voice slowly said: "Ryan, you must also know that Belt is a demon hunter."

"Yes, I know...he was corrupted by chaos? A master demon hunter who has been famous for twenty years has been corrupted by chaos like this?" The young man's name was Ryan. He looked serious and listened carefully to what the archbishop said. Then he recalled the information he had now in his heart.

One hundred and fifty years ago, under the call of Chaos, the barbarians in the north gathered a huge army of more than half a million people, and went all the way south, destroying everything they saw along the way, and approaching the hinterland of the empire , and even broke through the emperor's capital.

After the Battle of Fasha, the new empire was re-established under the desolation, and the Imperial Parliament elected Ludwig as the new emperor. Since the former imperial capital Weissermontz had been completely destroyed, Ludwig made the capital Brunswick, but the corruption of chaos has not faded on the land. Corruption, disease, mutants, and believers of evil gods are prevalent on the land of the empire. The army of the empire cannot always be out of the nest because of some trivial things.

As a result, the profession of demon hunter came into being. The corruption of the empire's internal culture and folk pagan beliefs spread like vines to the entire country. In such a dark and obscure age, some tough cleaners are needed.

The demon hunters clean up those heretics and monsters wherever they go, and fight against chaos.

Belt is such a demon hunter. He became famous twelve years ago when he wiped out the entire evil god organization by himself and became famous for a while. He even successfully won the title of Demon Hunter Master.

But Ryan came here to chase Belt!

During his hunting career, this master demon hunter seems to have become more and more withdrawn, less and less willing to communicate with others, even unwilling to participate in routine gatherings, always acting in secret, and has been collecting what.

Five months ago, Archbishop Innocent of the Justice Church in the Kingdom of Nord received a letter from the Demon Hunt Master. Belt asked Bishop Innocent for help. He said that the whispers of demons always lingered in his ears. In his sleep, he often dreamed of the boundless sea of ​​blood and endless killings, and sometimes he couldn't control what he did. He was going crazy, and he begged the archbishop to help him.

This master demon hunter has always gone his own way, and has had many problems with the Church of Justice. Archbishop Innocent hesitated a lot after receiving the letter, but decided to go and see what was going on.

Surprisingly, after arriving at the residence, the witcher master categorically denied to the archbishop that he had ever written to the archbishop asking for help. He said that he had never written any letter to the archbishop, and asked the archbishop not to use this matter to try to interfere in his life.

Innocent left on the spot angrily, and declared that nothing about him in the future had anything to do with him.

However, Innocent is the archbishop of the Justice Church in the Kingdom of Nord after all. Not long after he left in a fit of anger, he immediately realized that something was wrong. When he rushed back to Belter's residence, the demon hunter master had already left the building, leaving behind, It was a terrifying experiment site. This master demon hunter used living people to conduct experiments and created a large number of half-human, half-beast monsters.

"I can imagine what's going on. What I want to know is, why didn't the church use divine protection to protect this master demon hunter?" The young knight sat on the bed in the guest room and asked doubtfully.

"Because he is unwilling to pay the 'price'." After the archbishop finished speaking, he turned off the communication. Long-term communication requires a lot of energy.

"...What is the price?" Ryan is a smart man, of course he knows what the so-called price is.

The Justice Church is not a charitable organization, nor is it a selfless justice organization that eliminates evil. The Justice Church emphasizes that "justice requires a price",

Many of their items are clearly priced.

Belt, the demon hunting master, was unwilling to pay the "price".

The Church of Justice is willing to recruit those demon hunters, and the demon hunters accepted by the church can get vacations. They work for six months a year, and the demon hunter masters will also receive the blessing of divine protection on a regular basis to ensure that they will not be destroyed by chaos. power erosion.

However, justice requires a price. 40% of a demon hunter’s income has to be handed over as a “protection fee”. Many demon hunters are unwilling to sign this kind of contract. It should be known that the signing of the contract is to press the divine tome and sign under the witness of the gods , if the contract is breached, the end will be very dire.

Many demon hunters could not accept this condition, and Belt was one of them.

The Church of Justice entrusted other demon hunters to capture Belt, but none of them succeeded. After the pine tree, Archbishop Innocent knew that things were in trouble, so he found Ryan.

The relationship between Ryan and the Justice Church is good. He appreciates the clear price tag of the Justice Church. He neither hypocritically advocates "God's grace" or "God's gift", and he always has a price to pay, and he will not secretly use means. , the code of conduct for persecuting dissidents, so he has always maintained a good relationship with the Justice Church.

"Compared to the Christianity of the Middle Ages, it is really much better!" Thinking about it will not lead to any results.

Taking off the whole set of chain armor on his body, Ryan set up multiple alarm devices vigilantly, then put his warhammer and one-handed sword within easy reach by the bed, leaned against the soft down pillow, and lowered his head. He sighed loudly: "Is it a foreigner..."

Yes, Ryan is not an aborigine in this world at all, he is a foreigner.

By chance, he just traveled from that blue planet of life, but the so-called crossing was not as beautiful as imagined.

For three whole days, he traveled through a passage full of various illusions!

In the passage, he met a mysterious man with long black hair and a golden armor, and had his own adventure.

When he came into this world, Ryan actually found that his body had turned into a three-year-old child, and the wild dogs on the roadside were drooling at him!

His adoptive father, Lord Norman of Auterney, passed by at that time. In this way, Lord Norman adopted the child and named him Ryan, which means lion-because of the appearance of Ryan fighting the dogs Reminds the knight of a battle between a lion and a herd of beasts.

Twenty years passed in a blink of an eye, and Ryan started to travel at the age of eighteen. His footprints covered most of the Nord Kingdom, from the frontline Storm Fortress against the northern barbarians, to the capital of the Nord Kingdom, Rin Winter City, from the densely populated Nord spellcaster's sanctuary-Sky Dome, to the current town of Ulan, Ryan went to exchange bounties with the Church of Justice by constantly hunting monsters and those fallen ones, and by the way received various Some entrustments from the lord, even today, he already has a lot of savings.

What will happen in the future?

Lying on the bed, Ryan gradually fell asleep...

In the dream, he seems to have returned to his hometown, the country under the red flag, the roads are still so congested, he gets up early every day to take the subway to work, works hard just to support his family, save money to buy a house, his parents are getting old Fortunately, he lives in a city. Every holiday, he will visit his parents and go out to play with them. His father's warning and his mother's nagging. Although the work is hard, it doesn't make people feel depressed.

It's just that everything is slowly becoming blurred. After coming to this world for twenty years, his memory of that world is quite clear, but the faces of the parents and friends he was most familiar with in the past are no longer bright, as if covered by a shadow. In the confusion and a touch of sadness, he seems to be falling endlessly in the darkness, falling...

Waking up in the middle of the night, when I touched my cheek, there were tears all over my face.

Early the next morning, Ryan got up early. After breakfast, it was still dark outside, so he sat on the seat in the lobby of the hotel, staring at the heavy snow outside in a daze.

"I... It would be better if I was really a foreigner. A Lilun is not as good as a rich dog." The young man sighed slightly.

"Sir, you got up so early!" The hotel owner was sitting behind the bar, washing the bowls and cups. Seeing Ryan sitting in the hotel lobby early in the morning, he said casually: "Yesterday, sir, you went to bed really early. Later, Mister Bard told the story of our Nord hero, 'Sledgehammer' Lion, and that was wonderful! The atmosphere was so hot, it's a pity you didn't listen."

"Hehehe, 'Sledgehammer' Ryan? I hear his stories every day, and I even see them with my own eyes every day." The young man just smiled, facing the hotel owner repeatedly asking him if he had ever been a " Sledgehammer" When Ryan's knights followed, he just smiled and didn't answer, and asked: "A few days ago, was there a tall and thin man wearing a cloak, a high round hat, long trousers and black boots?" people come here to stay here?"

"...I don't know." The hotel owner immediately showed a vigilant expression. He put down the bowl and earthenware cup in his hand, and his tone changed sharply: "I'm sorry, guest, it's our business not to disclose other guests' information. If you are here for this matter, then you should give up your heart!"

After saying this, the innkeeper stretched his hand towards a place under the bar, but the knight's reaction was faster. He suddenly waved his hand to indicate that he was not malicious, and then brushed off the cloak in front of him: "In that case, you Can you tell me?"

A silver wolf head badge appeared in front of the innkeeper.

"Your Excellency turns out to be the White Wolf Knight! I'm very sorry, please forgive me!" The innkeeper turned pale with fright when he saw the badge, and quickly apologized.

"It's right for you not to disclose the information of the guests. If you do business, you must abide by the rules of this industry. There is nothing wrong with that, but now I order you as a knight of the kingdom and tell me the details." Ryan asked in a deep voice .

"Yes!" The innkeeper hurriedly put down the small crossbow in his hand, and told Ryan what he knew.

"Three days ago, there was indeed a tall and thin man in strange clothes who came here..."